#Fread 1.3.1 has been released, the release note is as follows:
1. Now supports mirror URLs
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2. Interaction experience has been optimized.
3. A few bugs have been fixed.
#Mastodon #Bluesky #rss #activitypub #fediverse
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhangke.fread
Y'all remember that Mastodon tool I was telling you about yesterday, to monitor hashtags?
I found it very useful but I made it two years ago when I knew a lot less and that code was CRUSTY.
So I spent the day doing an overhaul and now it's got a nice settings panel so you don't have to muck about in the code. It's also better at feed display.
I'll update GitHub tomorrow but I'm also going to put it up as a web app so you don't have to download anything.
Ho passato tutto il giorno per rimuovere la ricerca fulltext "client-side" dal mio sito e metterla "server-side". I motivi sono diversi...
My local funeral home changed its web hosting platform for a corporate funeral industry stock hosting platform, and it doesn't have an #RSS feed because corporate funeral home service industry provider wants you to visit the website to hawk its merchandising—flowers, caskets, trinkets, hardcopy guest books, etc, all the things they get a commission on.
I read the whitepaper for sales and marketing from the big corporate funeral service provider that says just that. It read that merchandising makes up 60% of the profit that a funeral home gets on an annual basis.
RSS kept me in the loop. I still visited the obits and left condolences and saw their merchandise.
What is your setup for following/reading #RSS feeds?
I wanted to have something I could have full control on, sync across devices, and that I could use offline. My final solution is #FreshRSS running as a Docker container on my raspi, and @NetNewsWire on my phone… Perhaps a bit overkill 
but it does exactly what I want!
Nuevo post en Blogpocket Spin-off 
Celebrando el medio RSS, y la ruptura con las redes sociales, con el Club RSS
El Club RSS es una manera de llamar la atención sobre la existencia del medio #RSS y romper con las redes sociales.
Spent four days in Copenhagen. Turns out the internet didn't stop producing things I feel I need to read just because I looked in another direction. #readitlater #rss
You can follow blogs, news and YouTube creators with a built-in feed reader. It’s like RSS never left. (Because it didn’t.) 
If you’re really curious, go to the all posts section of your RSS reader and then change the ordering from what it is now to oldest to latest. Browse the older content of some of your RSS feeds. I know you’ll find a couple hidden gems. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past day and it’s really Interesting! Some of my feeds go all the way back to 1996. It’s like the most accessible time machine ever! #RSS
It’s taken me a few tries to get into @Iconfactory’s Tapestry app, but I am quite enjoying it now. The gang on @TWiT love it so I thought I’d give it another go. Previously, I’d thought of it as a Mastodon/Bluesky combined app. Which it is… but it’s also more than that. It’s a bit more similar to @feeeed or Reeder, as you can add just about any feed you want to it. After a bit of setup, it becomes quite powerful.
Celebrando el medio RSS, y la ruptura con las redes sociales, con el Club RSS
Dave Rupert tuvo una genial idea cuando se le ocurrió crear, a mediados de 2023, el Club RSS, al cual tengo el honor de pertenecer. Se trata de publicar contenido que solo se pueda leer con un lector RSS, sin mostrarse en la página web del blog.
Puede parecer una incongruencia pero como explica el mismo Dave Rupert, el objetivo es reunir una colección de blogs (personales y de otro tipo) comprometidos a proporcionar contenido exclusivo en formato RSS. Es como un boletín informativo que se envía a su lector de feeds para celebrar el medio RSS y la ruptura con las redes sociales.
Y aunque la primera regla del Club RSS es no hablar de ello, aquí estamos contándolo para difundirlo, en momentos convulsos para las redes sociales centralizadas. Y por si quieres unirte.
Puedes implementar un club RSS en tu blog de WordPress, simplemente instalando el plugin RSS Club de Matthias Pfefferle.
En el blog clásico de Blogpocket, decidimos publicar contenido solo en el RSS:
Todos esos contenidos se publican inicialmente en el RSS de Blogpocket y pueden ser leídos desde un lector RSS.
Un caso especial es el de la revista RSS Magazine, una vuelta de tuerca a la idea del Club RSS, ya que se trata de «editar» una revista -con contenidos relacionados con los que se tratan en Blogpocket- exclusivamente en RSS; es decir, que no se publican en el blog.
Mi único propósito al crear una revista que se lee solamente en lectores RSS es llamar la atención del público acerca de la existencia de una herramienta tan sencilla y útil como la Really Simple Syndication.
Si queremos una forma de mejorar la experiencia en internet y combatir la monopolización de las plataformas, promover los blogs y el RSS es una buena idea. Usar RSS permite a los usuarios recuperar el control sobre lo que consumen, evitando los algoritmos manipuladores de las redes sociales. El RSS se presenta como una herramienta para combatir la «enshittification» (degradación de plataformas) y empoderar tanto a usuarios como a editores, reduciendo la dependencia de las grandes plataformas.
En RSS Magazine, se simula -como si fuesen ejemplares en papel- las ediciones mensuales mediante la consolidación de una edición concreta en un archivo RSS con la nomenclatura del mes correspondiente; y siempre está disponible una recopilación de todas las ediciones en un archivo OPML. Pero el usuario solo tiene que suscribirse a un único RSS: blogpocket.com/microblog/feed.
Adicionalmente, también se publican en el RSS de Blogpocket, los posts de este blog spin-off.
Celebremos el medio RSS, uno de los mejores inventos de internet.
Relacionado:
Otro regalo para coleccionistas: el nº 1 de la revista «RSS Magazine» en formato PDF, con entrevistas de @jlori a @albertina_navas y Tomás Atarama
Puedes leerlo con un lector #RSS añadiendo el canal https://lanzatu.blog/tag/marzo-de-2025/feed
Un regalo para coleccionistas: el primer número de la revista «RSS Magazine» en formato PDF. Con artículos de
@jlori y Manolo Rodríguez (Desenredandolared.com).
Puedes leer el nº 0 con un lector #RSS añadiendo el canal https://lanzatu.blog/tag/febrero-de-2025/feed
Apparently @themainemonitor.bsky.social hasn't posted on #Bluesky in a month or so. I wish they'd resume but at least they have a good #rss feed.
#Mastodon isn't an alternative to #Twitter, it's an alternative to #RSS.
A user can't really know beforehand if what they are writing is even seen.
In this example, it may even hurt a business.
#Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1k2v8f4/mastodonart_has_this_in_the_moderation_list/
Monitoring Protest Hashtags With VibesMasto
Can't go to the protests today but you still want to know what's going on? Check out this tool I made to monitor hashtags at the larger Mastodon instances and aggregate them into a browser tab that refreshes automatically. I set it up because I have a tiny instance and our news flow isn't great. You can use it too! You don't have to have a API key or even a Mastodon account.
https://www.calishat.com/2025/04/19/monitoring-protest-hashtags-with-vibesmasto/
I miss the "old" days when every website with a news section had an #RSS feed for it...
Perhaps another simple way to describe activity-pub; 'like a thriving two-way RSS-feed-and-response system'.
How many feeds do you have in your RSS reader? #rss
